You have been warned.

Well, it all started one day when I was walking through the forest, when I
found a tiny egg lying on the ground. I took it home, & was about to scramble
it, when out came a tiny bird. And I just didn't have the heart to cook it.
Well, it looked like it would grow up to be a humming bird, but after 9 days,
it looked like it would grow up to be a robin. Well, we fed it on wild bird
seed for a wile, but in 9 days, he seemed as if he would grow up to be a
buzzard. Well, 3 days later, I noticed that on the left side in the row with
its wings, there was a small lump
forming........................................................................

Well, after 9 days of feeding him, he seemed as if he would group up to be a
falcon, but not only that, the lump was 75% bigger, and a tiny lump was forming
on his right side. Well, finally after 3 days, the left lump formed 4 fingers,
& the right bump was 75% bigger than it was. Well, 6 days after that, he seemed
as if he was going to grow up to be an eagle. Well, after 3 more days, finally
the left fingers turned into claws, & the right lump turned into 4 fingers as
well. Well, 6 days after that, the fingers finally turned into claws, & he
seemed as if he would grow up to be a condor. I was amazed by it having 4 claws
instead of 2! Well, 9 days after that, it was a full grown condor, & on the
same day, it caught a rabbit......
February 12: the condor caught a turkey, & on the same day, we named him
swooper. One day he caught a deer, his biggest game of all. Well, 7 days after
that, he learned his first trick. How to bow. Well, after 5 days of practice,
he learned how to juggle 1 ball, 4 days after that, 2. I was amazed by its
beeing able to do that. One day he had gone away. I looked and looked for him,
but no sighn of him. Then I saw him, he had caught a bird. I was glad that he
didnt fly away, to migrate. And, 3 days later, I taught him to come when I
called (a whistle). And finally he was ready for the big test, coming when I
whisteld.. blindfolded! I set him 350 yards away (with a blindfold on him) &
whistled for him, & he came! That was the only condor that I know that could do
that!..........................................

CHAPTER 3: THE ONLY BIRD LIKE
IT.................................................

Then the biggest test of all; putting him on 1 side of the mountain, and me on
the other.. with him blindfolded... and he made the test! He was again the only
condor I knew that could do that!! Why, there are some acting birds, but none
like this one! One day, he flew away, never to return again (I knew because he
didnt come back for days) & I thought he was going to migrate, or go back to
his own home. So I ran away from home. I brought a suitcase with a 13 pack of
fritos and 2 6-packs of hawiian punch (red). I also brought a bow-&-arrow with
me; incase I run out of food. I also put on my new watch to tell what time it
is. I also brought; a jack knife, a hachet, 8 hinges, & 3 windows (2 bigger
than the other 1). I also brought a mattres stuffed up into a trash can (to put
my trash in). & 1 More detail in his suitcase, a blanket to keep warm at bed
time. And I ranaway into the catskills. I founed a perfect tree to hide out in.
I cut open a space with my hachet, & used the wood piece for the door & I
screwed the door to the hinges (for I had also brung a screw driver & 3
screws), made holes for the screws, & screwed the hinges to the tree. Later, I
made a closet in the same way (for I also brung 4 door knobs), and a cubord by
hinging, carving a small door knob, & screwing the knob onto the door (for I
also carved 6 more screw holes). Later, I chopped holes for the windows, made
slits for the windows (1 in the door, 2 on the sides of it), put them in, &
sealed them with some clay from the bank of a nearby lake. One day, I was out
hunting for food. I saw a bird in the sky, I was about to shoot him down with
my bow & arrow, when I saw it was him, my condor. Then with great exitment, I
yelled, "swooper!!!" Because I was so exited. Then swooper came right down onto
my arm. I was so glad that I jumped almost 7 ft. up! Never in my whole life had
I been so
happy!!!!!!.....................1..............................:..::..........

Well, since the condor was back, I went home. & I made $3,000,000 out of show
busines with him.

THE
END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A 'WILCOX'
PRESENTATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Author's notes from 2013:

The bird the main character raised in My Side of the Mountain was
a falcon. Not to be outdone, I replaced the falcon in this story with a condor,
which was the largest bird I knew about.

The number of doorknobs I "brung" in chapter 3 was, sadly, typed on the
edge of the paper, in an area that had become tattered and was missing some
small pieces. The "4" I transcribed here was just a guess. We may never be able
to answer the mystery of how many doorknobs were actually brung!